1878 PARIS - Exposition Universelle - Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878 :
Reference : 45262
"14. London, printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode,... for Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1880, 2 vols in-8°, 491 pp + large folding coloured plan of the exhibition ; xi pp + 630 pp. ( 2 vols, complete). Bound in uniform full red morocco, with extensive gilt decoration of spine and both covers, armorial supra-libro with the British lion and unicorn, all edges gilt. Still fine copies although bindings show some wear at extremities. The colored map , bound before vol. I has been mounted on linen. Nice copy of the official British report of the Paris 1878 Exhibition. Vol. II opens with a '' Handbook to the Indian Court'' ( 185 pp ). This contribution describes the large Indian entry for the exhibition."